Solo Travel and Living on the Road in a Skoolie
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen young mechanics bankrolling the Mac or SnapOn Tools guy whenever they came around. Yet these were the same guys who used to sneer at anybody with a cabinet full of Craftsman tools. When you get down to nuts and bolts (pun intended) very little separates these…
Currently, no pun intended, my bus is running a 250watt solar panel with two 12v 100amp Lithium Iron batteries. For a couple weeks I was fighting my electrical system. Honestly I had no idea what I was getting into with solar power. Solar is promoted as being this incredible thing that is going to save…
A number of years ago, I watched a movie about a man after World War II having to walk home to Italy again after being released from POW camp*. One of the things that stuck with me the most was a scene where a man says to the main character that the most important thing…
First off, that age thing is a weak excuse. I have met people in their eighties who are traveling happily, continuing to test their traveling skills. The others are challenging, but not impossible obstacles. In future posts, I will work on creative ways to work around those, but here I want to just flat out say it. The only obstacle age throws in your path is when you are too young to do all the things.
Once you have decided you want to travel, here are some more things you can do before you actually decide to purchase those plane tickets or book your stay. It’s a gradual process and doesn’t have to happen all at once. Pace yourself and have fun with the experience. The learning curve gets steeper from…